The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-02-18, Page 3V -
MB RAM giliEti ARMY
CORPULson TRAINING IS A
SUCCESS,
. All Bop Are ForeCil 01 Drill and
Shoot, -But Actjeree Seetiees
Is -Voluntary.
Last -year the Inepactor-General
of the Oversea Forces (General Sir
Ian Hamilton)- traveled from one
• ' ST -J. "OR It thCir;.,-447,
.the-yoxie,
arum! there, and in his rePart'
• was clearly,'enthtiSiastia. He wept
to Aueirelia an opponent of the
• compulsory service aystohe for milli -
tory purposes, but -cares‘away with
a very different opinien of the value
and 'et the success of the method
wh:eo-properle aPPlied- e
Australia's entire population . has
eisiAtorer-seheei -5,000,000:- There are,
roughly, '2,000,000 square miles of
country W4h14 the (boundaries • of
. the Commonwealth, so that it
most sparsely :peopled cometre
e'oat•the .globe's feetO • :• " •
"WhileAtistraiWeeolefasOld is mrtrir
sled on that so well known in
zerlande it differs therefrom in 'sell/-
. eral• respects. It -begins With ; the'
Of the •school -going age, of
twelve. , It is requited that all boys
shall be registered, and as the
e --scheme became' operative in 1811
all boys registered as having. been.,
born in 1990 became liable for train-
• - ing:ali !iiinior Cadets, eand those
horn four years earlier were reqUir.
• . e ea to joie the Senior Cadets. With
' a complete system of registration ;t
is -thus easy to' trace the bor.
through the Various stages till as
Tiiezivl 25 or 2,6-t-hey-cemplAte-theit-
, period or service and are then sot.
ficiently trained to take their place
In thii7defelice forces' whenever call-
ed -upon, Each year a number are-
etomaeleally -pass. from .one' stage to
another. just as the, rinks of the
Junior Cadets are augmented. by
• the 'boys reaching the age of twelve.,
in that year.. The method of regis-
tration he aimple. Forms may be
4:ibtaiyied-froM any rioetetiffite, and
when filled in most be sent to the
`'40a" officer' or lecal.poet-master.
Failure to register incur e The lia-
bility of
•, I,Eine•of $50:,
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3$. Oer !day during the first year,
and 45. per day /during the subse-
quent years of their training. The
pay for OOrporale le 0$10; sergeants,
10s.; eergeautomajors; 100.- rd. and
Ilse An allowance of .24 per annum
is made for the *eel), Of a horse to
the light home traineee. In the
commissioned realm the daily rates
of pay are 15sfor lieutenants,
2re. od. for captains; •300, for ma -
u& lieutenant-celonels,
and 4311for colouels. Uniform and
eqUipenent are, of courees provided.
Government fectories for the manu-
facture of eilothinge eaddlery, small
Amer et I I I, • ,7+.•
eAlk41*ie'cl'Igt-thietsthiseinlitteneti-of
"XruPisism" 09104 never fha felt
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in Australia. .
The male population of Australia
o military age is only ,aboot 171.,000
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between 'hi and 18 years, end 321,000
.between 18 and 26. Of there aeper-
e entage is enhieet to medical rejec-
tion, and a larger percentage re-
side beepOdthe training area. The
number in training when the sYstear
is in fell ;operation Will be . 90,000.
_Senior Cadets, :and; 113;960- ,Citreete
soldiers, the' latter.lming made no.,
df 80,00e. trained soldiers, 18,06,0 re-
eruits,; and .15;00a athe 20-2,6uyear
Mee,' • • •
• TO HIS,MOTHER:
A Pathetic Incident Of the 'War IR
* . ,°,c1 tlig--;1-3efi• •
, TA tratte0 e relation between a
tem and his mother is very sweet and
tender. Even the boys of the, least
cultivated 'class show an aliacist, in-
variable courtesy, and Oneelfieliness to,
their mothers.
I 7vitas' In rig's' (hiring the, first two
Menthe of -the presene War, writes Mrs.
Lillian Hayden releeon to Tho Youths
Companion, 40.4 Woman who worked
for me slke often of :her 45/11Y eh110,
a bey, who was In one of the: era reg.
Itetierintered-rtcy-,ttur 'front:, I have ,
never seen anything 'so sweet AS the
letters he wrote; I borrowed' it of her
that 1 might COprit. • Xattaftslating it
literally I hette kept -muelf.of the
charm of the -
'"Little1elothee . So pearly Laved.
Thy boy is gaY -JeYelle as the
birds that slim. 'Dost thou heat that,
little °eel Thou must not worry, not
In the very 1044 any mother; , Indeed:
thous canst not imagine how happy we
have. lieeultorr,what delibious ;things-
weloyee to eat. We caught a rabbit
to put in out stew ° and we ;owlet pota-
toes in a field. Thy .hok grows fat,
my mother! Why, shouldSt
Warty? Thou mat not ileum when
we are • laughing, 'Give to all the
Mende • my loving greeting, an 'thou,
deer .heart, look not for letters. , It is
so seldom that we can write. .11emein--
ber that Jam safe and that I ,love thee.
"I send ° thee allifiusind kisses and
I' am 'thy 004." ,
• T Tatter see to the mother by a
cOnaraus of -her k 1, had been -Written
Poe •scrap of 'aver 'with a pencil
_while 'he was in .the trenches, before
the engagement In. Itich he lost his
life. He said, nothing ,of the horror
and the bloodshed, nothing of his own
wearinese and dread, no—tairgi Turtlis
agon.Y-.,,anci:Ouelty and death that
had seen., 'He wrote •only, what,' he
knew woad reassure and comfort her.
• The.rotter did strangery comfort the
sorrowful mother. It made her
forget the war and -think of ,her boy
as a ,gay and laughing child again.
There had been no funeral. She had
not leen him dead. :His joyous writ-
ten Words, wereear more realto herr.
than What she knew of his death. His
The Scheme upon which Australia
is working is one that Waspractical-
ay laid down by Lord Kitchener who
visited the CoMmonwealth• for the
• . purpose. in 1909, and will not, in the
ordinary way, •reach its full strength,
until' 1919-20, when there ,Should be
4,500 Officers and 430,500 of Otter
ranks, or s, vital -4.135,000.
" The Senior Cadets' '• course of
tradeinr eitendieavere. two,-iways
.2
90 -hours of each year.
By 'arrangements- with .0e. -Eduoa-
• LAith.Departmants,.:_this training; is
done _during schoolhours, so that
•:when, the. lad .presents himself' ' at
• , -the age of four -teen for the Senior
Cadet's he must. have completed in.
that period the junior course, .
Special- instructors are provided
.iz,y the Commonwealth authorities.
-The Commonwealth ' instructors
er'estratnethees,ctioorteaeliers-, and -they;
•'in turn,*part the .knowtedge. to
the, Junior Cadets.--
, At the age ad .14 the young Aus-
tralian is transferred to the Senior
Cadets, and is required for the next"
(our years to attend forty- drilla.
•each year. Four of these -drills are
• classed as Whole days of not , less
• than. four hours each, twelve as halt
days of two hours each, and the re-
' ,niaincler maybe night drills of oet
•..lessethaneone-hour-eack,---.-TO meet-
epeoial" cases, such as lads working
- - at any Wade which Mak etereire-fir=
____corivenientACLattend.the_4,411se set,
40IkVe, modifications may be made,
but the minimum-of-attendattes
al-
lowed is 64 &mile per --airmuneellie
four yearS1 training in the • Senior
Cadets is calculated to set the
foundation work necessary to en-
• •
-able the youth to take up 'service in
• any arm.
The Citizen Force.
. .
• • .Neltheir the Junia or Sthirrir:
• Cadets are required to attend
maUi-
lary camp's. It is after he tenches
lia,eightearithTferrthat the Yeeitar
Australian, who has undergone his
. • pliesical` training and, the element -
Leery work of the fent two stages,
. sets himself seirc;usjith, the impott-
.
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He is' now promotedto the Citizen
Force' and his eight years' connote'
tion with the force begins on the lst,
of of the year le which he be-
-comes •eighteen years Of age. Ms
training consists e of contineouit
training in campforstiventeiiii-,darrs
. per year in the case of naeal forces,
artillery, and engineer ar1110:.3 eight
days for other ars;tieand eight days
.(or the equivalent) home training
for lel} arms.. The totar.seviee is,
thus 25 days per 'annuin- for ' the,
specialist. 'and technical corps, and.
sixteen days for °thee 'corps,. the'
Main body of whom are light hairse ,
intanery. Theperiod of eight days
of home training is • Made • lip of
• whole' days, half clays, and nights; .
the respeetive Minimum of these be-
ing six, three, and one,' and a
bait hours; two -half -days and. four
nights colleting as one 'Whole day.
Pirrades are classed • as rionipute
soeyealtereatiVe, and Voluntary.
.Tlaefirat makes iirtheseXatitattrioutet
of training provided, thee alterea.
tive drills enable these 'absent on
leave fro,. the +compulsory 'drills to.
..make their time, and the vOl:•••
eutery drilla are to help those aim-
ing at" proficiency and • promotion.
Any one who fails to qualify as ef,•
.e.fielent in any year must do SA et-
tra year's training for eaciti
Veleas A young Australian. can.
%produce it "eleitti retard", of mill.
tarytservice,• he lads& et very peer
clutter,' of. a position in' the Vern-
tnenwealth public service, and em-
ployers • generally are' disposed to
, regard a "cleanrecord" iji this ro-
ot . .;.•
An ExcellentIleaktunendatIon•
Trainees in 01112en :Porte l000lve
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TOE SUNDAY SOUL SUP
• .0=6=0,
INTERNATIOSAL LESSONS
TEBRVARY 2L
I Mon NUL The Death of filleand
Uis Sens. 1. Sam. 4. lelfr. Golde
. en Text, 'Jamie 1.2
Verse I. Israel went oat againet
the Philistines to battle. -'-The
istines were , last ,mentionscl in
eJedgstris, eliaPteresIa-and-16; it
evideetrtharlitrael was 11Qt able to
throw ,aft the „yoke of the Philis-
tines. This eeryitude lasted for
forty years (Jedg. 13. I). It termi-
nated abput the twentieth year of
Samuel's jiCdgeship (1 Shiro jr• 10,.
• gbaer, czheer4, p ..i9istostnoen eost, "enplied.
vial significance (Josh. 4. 20). Eben-
ezer is the -head cif the Vale, of
SorekeNhito isiael defeated, the
Philistines (see next -lemon, I -Sem,
Apbek means fortress;' It was one.
eOf the eitroegholdie of Samariic`iu
etertheen Sharon, *here the Philis-
tines asserahled twice, • once before
they *invaded Israel and, °bee be-
fore they crossed the plain of Fere
dreelon. Itwasnot far fro ne the
Mizpah of. Benjamin, and was. un-
doubtedly the Aehek of Josh. 12. 18.
3. People means the. army.. The
elders had aecttuneil on the evening
of ;the defeat and resolved to send
the ark of the covenant of the
Lord in battle, ' '-
Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten
u.This was the cry of the former time
4sseet.3.00:7hyle
. I.e7f)o,,re the Philstines.-
i
. 4. The eo le. --Here again, the
army is meant. s we read in the
abaeyolett eittee,lueewas n.� king inl iniatrhaoet,,
And So whatever action waa taken
aeeraad.te b the concerted action
of the. army. '
Shiloh was not many hour's dis-
tant from Aeihek, as the ark was
brought -the next day. •
Who sitteth aboire the cherubim.
The ...aher ebira. .were conceived, „as
bearing the Lord upon their wings
(see 2 Sam. 6. .2;,. 2. Kings .19. 16;
Isa. •8/:'16).
6: In the camp of the Hebrews. -
This is the Mime- by which the 'Iss
raglites were known to their neigh..
bees' (Exod. 1. 10, 16. 2, 6, 11.,.
13; 3. 18; 50 3). • - .
range, each Ile& occupyingone 10- 7. There hath not, be such:a
cal*, to which its activities are .thing heretofore: - The • Hebrew
chiefly confined, they are easily eics word (Or "heretofore"' is,yesterday
terminated. When.a place has once and the third day, meaning the day
been cleared of Sparrows it Will: be before. This was a Cattrii011 exprese
some timebefore it reoecupied sion among ;the Israelites,seGen:
, . •
English sparrows are good -to eat. 31. 2, 5; lElcod: 4: 10): •
and their use as a, food is recom- 8. These are the gods that smote
Mended' because of _their nutritive I the Egyptians with all manner of
value and as- a--means-n,reduAng_irplajuiL in the
'number: Sparrows feed in
onlythdldheisia-1!1- theirnever
forget
-Close flocks, and when thus asseenh-
e-deliverance
ledeageen umber-mareb eskilledeb
. !InSierheadirrecome.eso EgY114fileelnt
a charge of shot from a. small leer!, dent
12. 16 or, 20 gauge Parker shotgun.
Sparrows can be baited by scatter -
iii grain about, shooting the birds
and thee, rebaiting. the places. T.he..
baiting places should be far, enough
apart:soethe birds at thersecond and
third. ..feecling., places will not be
frighteriedley.the discharge of the
gun at the first.flock.' •
'Traps Are Best:
In. many pieties traps must he -em-
ployed Where 4 gun cannot be "used
cir where it is not desirable. Besides,
• A Vas hinting Spring Costume
Navy blue gabardine, trimmed •with striped muslin cuffs and collar.;
hat blue velvet with white silk band.
ENGLISH SPARROW A PEST
HAS BECOME VERY' TROUBLE-
' SOME IN. AMERICA. -
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•
• Spread All' Over the Vdmittypiu-llte
Sp oe Sikty .:, •
• _ ears,- -
The English .parrow was intro-
. duce d into. Areeriea, about. 60 years,
ago, anil is now distributed oyer
.nearly all of the United States and
Southern Canada: This rapid dis-
semination. is. a, result of .the bird's
hardiness, extraordinary fecundity,
Joving.thoUghthed_:_litted_he.r...1412.:Pgrt- deveiroty. -of-e-foted,---ageesseveoecheee
freesia of, the, spirit in which there • pealtion and 'almost complete' . ime
no death. • •
HATE-ILID- EN 01.3 GII OF WAR;
The Gernian •Soldiers . Are • "Fed
. Up" With
. Some remarkable instancei have
Crime to light Of German soldiers
who are getting sick Of the war. A
lance -corporal- in the Gordon High-
ienderen a letter to •he -se parent Dormr-an-r-Irrestrgg.trow-c47bIrd
tells of the interchange of opiniOne- -that destroyealfalfe weevil in_eorth-
men. of his regiment had On Chris- ern Utair-Effalirdi s-TheveArowaseeeeeres•
intts-Day-avitle Cleemaressoldiete-in lineedetarlitO feediegstheleenes things_
the trenches. The Germans, he latgely on weevil larvae and -cut--
writes, are "fedeup" with the war, worms, 'both very injunOteeto fail
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and will not ,Are unlesi the British fee ,Wherever this birdsPoves u-se-
seldiers do: They admit that they ful it is erititledetee protection and
have been leluffedby the Kaiser, and encoeragement.
say they were told the Germans , Under- 'normal • eehditions • is
had eapture,d lee* guns from the Choice =of insects. may be linfavor-
Ressiane, but kriew now that it was able . Out of 522 English sparrow base of the skull and dislocate the
all lies. One . fellow, who was a Stosochs examined by the biological neck .by hazel And quirk, pressure.
thitseheir-ire legoaeld; *lien asked -department of'ethe-Agrieultu-ral--De- deesseeoessee„,e Tut -a the legs,
wFat he -thought of the War, said, pertinent,' 47 contained 'noxiousins the wings atthe °Um...point and the
"The wat is finiShed here. 'We dee . sects/ .50 held benefieial insectaeoud- Mick -c-leie to the 'body, strip -off the
not -want to -BM -or' - -Air even :More *. 31- tontainedt-insetts of: practically ski , a •, II
remarkable =Wept s vouched for -no: impoertaiiee. The Agneolturelo oue threoghethe bode- evelreittend-
by a irritith *officerlie- says that, Department does not say what was, in from the heck along the baCk-
.
one ay a Geman wh e
tibs are svorcd.,- than. -
Slightly Wouncled-in an attacli on '‚the othersee4 ,ep,ecineeris exansinedaroundebetareen-theelegis to the -tail,
eees----10 eeeeor -A report on only one:quarter of -the and ;remove:the vicera. •
our treochese sHe at. once ' said, specimens examinee cane• ar parrows may • e coo ed by any
"Give me a rifle; I have lived 27 considered satisfactory to earnest; et the methods employed for reed-.
years out 30 in 'England, and it is people enquiting.into this subject - birds or quail, and compare, favor-
tiine ‚some of those swine over there • Destroys Fruit8. ably with the best kinds •of
were Yr -Wended,' Re • firett et the
'munity from natural enemies, 'says
the New York Sim. ' -
• Ned Dearborn, biologist of • the
Department of ,Agricultirre, is se-
vere on the English sparrow He
says they are cunning, destructive
and filthy, although admitting that
sparrows consume • quantities of
weed' seed and in ,summer numerous
insects. • .
dition- that the' -neighbors of Israel
knew thereof. 4 The Philietinee, there.;
fore,- were, eicceeding-ly, .disturbed
when they • saw that thia same ,Ged
WaS.eonie into •the 04,14 ..of 'Israel.
By 'in :the wilderness" is meant the -
shore's 'of . the. Red, Sea (Exod.
2.0.14 1.12,32);..
0. Be' strong and quit yourselves
hike men. -Saint Paul uses similar
'words.. in I. •Oar. 16...13; "Quit you
like men, be.strong" • TheS,:hea,
then -peoPle Was able to rally -i
forces by an 'appeal to -the manhood
being 'safe; ,properly designed trapsf the .
'IL. And the 'two sons of-Ele-The
have ..• other 'advantages. Native •
birds caught in the traps can !be lib- man sof • God (1. Sam.. 34) had pro..
'pheared that 'both- of • Eliai
crated unharmed and trapped spare shooed 'die in one day... .,•
rows can 'be kept alive for food like ••12.• And • there rn a enen.e-Iteh-
irliatcrlYIT-14Pari"irlia.e neesainemg the lateelitea-Were well- -
been Utilized forefood•foreenteries: ..eeeesro• emus. -me theta. • :was no.
captivity theesteirds muse be Irent, !.other means of, -quiz conomtunca,
eieaneesuPPlied-s. with- ofrethreelefen vr el.g4 oar taatlarle.
Water 44-...A:*Ariety.of'locals re- lfleet,-of-foot-were-,cleveloped-for
4uired to keepethemsin.gpod condi- messenger ey service s: - Well-known
-firm; bread, oats, wheat, corn -meal 'eases of runners 'were ••-c-ttslii and
mash, lettuce and cabbage will. •Sbe Ahine-a-a.z- (2 :- Sean. '18. -10-91), and
relished. • . • • • • • Asaher (2 Sam. 2. 18).. There were'
To inercifelle kill -a trapped epee, also _mating -footmen., who &cooties
rely. -place- the •thumb nail- at the Pained the ehatiots„ These run -
nerS beeatee professionals, as .is in-
dicated ,• in 2 Simone 1 ;' 1 Kings
game.
Gernmea all and wag taken to The English 'sparroW' is '-condemn • We rarely appreciate game fot
e
th.rear-a-prieanersinetheeeveeing. ed fersateedeseruetioneefselfersties,. the food but_More often for
• - .,, '614 ,, ' N. grepes, pears, ; peaches, buds' and. the name. Sever ,years esees a
°. wll:01, YOU oseepT 400p, flowers of cultivated trees, sprouts' parteior duck hen isarricd tired.
Abel -Veneer -1h theegardeneetheeee -• tOwcirt:- -..--i.-'-:*-tiV-4---tavern-riear- the -
Watching -Breathing Will Simll Lull Ott SKY, equirrows tat seeds at they shooting grounds, and where they
' if°tote Slumber ripen, nip off tender youttg. v-eges were to Put up for the night. The
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! .. tables e especially _peas and lettuce, hostelms.the'repatatrin of setting ee
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If you are troubled with insomnia as they appear above -ground. We splendid table, the food • usually
let your' breathing mesmerize you. have never, experienced thistrouble consieting of flail or .game. .
The objection to repeating the *,al- although sparrows are abundant A bird pie was • served for dinner
phabet oyer and over, or counting about.the garden. They are a thin' and all agreed, that it was delicious,
up to .thdirsiiada, or counting irio ante with their muss, building nests 'the hest, quail pie they had ever
agiliary: ‚sheep innapIng over a stilet in troublesome places, in the gut- tested. ' •
is, that you Mt* keep your • mind ters on the roof, ausing the water In England sparrows are trapped
tWalce to keep on doing them. • AS to overflow and littering up. the with a sieve, one end held iiii by a
Seining the Mind drowses the Deo- building generally, but this. is the short stake to Wil7Ch' a. lOngAtribg is
cess it apt to atop, and this step. worst. charge we are able to_ bring tied. The -trap is baited with bread
Piaa is aPte to jerk the ' would-be against the English sparrow. - crumbs, oats or wheat, The birds
sleeper back froni the very edge of fr. Dearborn says, the English' are Perniiitted to eat the bait until
sleep. --Thidis.--M1Y-1311ere•.Pians' r• -ellarrear --redlarier :the number of 'a number have -gathered under, the
often failos-:-.-- --'s--. .- • - . 7cOMO-6f •Ont most AisefuLandattrno- H sieve, when the Cord is pelled re --
But watching the -breathing needs tire natirerbitdre. su 'h as Webirds, moving the' stake and allowing. the
no Mattel -effort. It goes on Whe-
ther you think of it or not, an the
Soothing iss larity Of it is aptto
lull the Mindeeefeedily to slumber.
It will fill the maid, too, and pre-
vent all other thoughts from enter-
ing,' getting the louder 'tte 8leep.
60thes nearer, v , ,
The plan is not to think of the
breath as coming frotri the rlSing.
itila falling -of your chest, for this
makes you. think of chests, then of.
o lds, and 864601 tilt your mind is
distrboted with scattered thoughts'
again. The oorreot,Way is to keep
your oyes, in imagination, leaking
at the breath its it toine6 tom the
nostrils,
His clothesreateeand with earth
apenebie hetid-,Iiedicatitesof bitter
-grade. _These -who -saw him raisin -hag
thes- would-lenOw that -his- me.Ssage
Was unfavorable (see 2 Syne 2;
Josh. .
t --Iva --de- sea' tchaig.
Thiswas doubtless a, •street leading
-fa Abp, watell tintror (2 §aili - •
2,-Kinge 0, 1e).-
18: When he made mention of the
ark of *God. -Eli ai "priest of God
was particularly re•eponsible for the
ark of the: covenent of the Lord.
HO had allowed ``the.peotile:' to -go
.ree -the -eery- Lextreme ineas-nrts, of
taking the ark into the battle ifi•
der to win the victory. , When' the
,arkewits teikeeie the refeKelealitiew
that theteeiebee do other help.' The
shock of this'disaster toe great
house wrens,, perpI martins, tree
Wallows,' ell swallows, and barn
swallows, by destroying' their eggs
tied young and ,by usurping nesting
places. It attacks the 'robin, wretik
kedged vireO,',eitbird and mocking
bird, causing them to desert Peas
And shady street:4'0f towns,, Unlike
our native Midi, whose plate, it
usurps. it has no. song, but is noisy
and vituperative,. It defiles builds
lege Mid ornamental trees', shrubs
and vines, with its excrement and
with its bulky testa; -'
NO "here is the English *arrow
lueifided among the lairdt preteeted
by Iwo'and as individual* and
Rocks have an extremely ,Ifftretitt
yr, •
trap' to fall twee the birds gathered
under the sieve.
• -
Occasionally' the preacher's aim
is inaccurate • ansi his eerniou hits
you.; ,
A a -treat' car inspector was watch-
ing the work, the 'often Irish &MS
du"Here, Foley, how .10
thiot" to said. "You , haver ton,
p4sotigim and only nine .fares are
riling op." iqa that *tori" said Fo-
ley. Then ?hoeing to t.h-me. pawn,.
gors he 6bouted "There's Ivan ttik
MAO 'AV :Veti on thiis eat 'Gbh out
of hero, wan ar yen!"
-for hinoto.stand.•
Fell from off his seat.oeThiSeeitt,
or throne', had no beck. The ilk
that Eli' fell backward, hewever, in-
dicates .how great was the excite -
meat whichereeeltecl -from the word
of the messenger. .
• :
The Butter's -Pole.
The familiar sign of the barber
shop is it Survival of the old days
swheinotheetown.harbet WAS also a
inn -germ. In -the 'days vben
bodily ailments were supposed to
he due to .too Much blood Or to hod
Wood it was common to resort to
blood-letting as a. Met and it was
the barber -surgeon who performed
the necesattry operation. The pole
represented the staff which Os held
by those *he were being bled. The
red and white stripes ' repented
the bandages. The white one stood
for the bandage which wa..i put on
'before the blood- was taken but and
the red one' the. bandage which was
used for binding upthe wound after
the Operation. The gilded ball At
the top of the pole VAN the barber
sign and was supposed. to 4,10trest
the brass basitothen used, In, thp
shops.
FLEX OEUVRE IN ONIAIII0.
Bulletin insured Ay tlio Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture.
Plura vulture in Ontario is dos.
cribe4 in„a very fall and suggestive
olatuhlirObnYta.Frio511e. rCulietmeEntplieritroecel
Station,' in Bulletin 220 just issued
cbuytuhree?ntnt.rio Department
it
ThiS.INeatise is most timely.
tho, decade betweenthe census
of 1001 and that of Will the num-
ber of tham trees in Ontarib de-
creased an number by over halt a
maw, In -lull 'the annals' of
"F-71743-aletr. *as 1 -444,020, - Of
which a, litge more than two-thirds
were in hearingthe value of the
crop being estimated at $374,675,- Or
mist:let belt a 401 lar 'per'bearing tree.
tit the vheurllyetutinnytbg%nooestinetof.prOcluc-
The three ;chief drawbacks to Suc-
cessful :pitam /growing ,in. this pro-
yince_Lnecording.to the author, are.;
1. mr4anrYietYieesriebteieste'.... sullitede gives
a list of eertain distrieteki„ alio a general list
Of. varieties w;th ',descraptian . of
qualities, :element, however,
'note's -with satisfaction the tendencY
,(11401) many Of 'Pte MuCh,vatinted.
Japanese varieties and some of the
earlier domestic sorts. •
,hatiLuatngkl3olfteacler;fruodi 44uelt.71thir quael
tion of soil propagation, planting,
pruning, ‘picking and peeking are
thoroughly dealt with by the the au-
thor, and ;enemy practical biota
along 'these are given. Mr:
Clement like most experts prefers
vigorous one or two-year-old trees
.for planting in pluneoteherds. Some.
excellent -pointers are, also given
as to fertilizing and as regards cover
• Ne lectof s ra b
time And according .to the,. best
methods. A spraying calendar ,ie
*provided. -
• Disease ie -of the plum are des-
cribed 'with methods, of treatment;
also insect enemies and hew to dis-
pose:of them.
IfOR.SE 1!.0Wit11.
,
-fliON IONE ieffilAtti
NOTES OE INTEREST
" HAIM AND BRAES*
e
Molt, le Cielita On in the highlands
and teltaorti!r, Auld -
About 70 inhabitauts‘br Vontroi(is
have been enrolled. a:teepee:41 Atm.,
-*••
buigh military band are left out of
a foetal of oa..
e A sharp earthqualra'. shock wea
. experienced in"- Ptiifhlane,F. AO -
Bridge -of Allan districts recently.
: The county of beeerhees.ehire IAA
'provided two *tor ambulances',
bothof ,which,are x* in France. -
'All the public schools in Grange-
mouth:
f.aejridveSmbier 4.4°Is°csaer4Ilet.9,,icaveeer°11114.
the town.,
O's trlarirr hairdresser, saser
breath, .aoel. his, customers, have
• seotreoff .1,000 cigarettes the' sol-,
c4.0mrdaerbstilheavgarobIleteo 'issued that all
aliens on the east coast 'Of -Scotland
most ;immediately"-rtimo.ve t'eethirter
,.
miles inland. f Glasgow'The 11 f thehonor of
High • School "contains over 700
names of masters Sold bays-, who. -
have rallied to the colors.
An organized recruiting campaign
has been eir-fiecTiiiiVitiVizilithgow-
shife' for additional men ,for the
letti Royal Scots Reserves.
About, 40 men of theisTational Re-
serve in Dunfermline hare sent in
hei n ft as being desirous of
forming a Dunfermline company'. '
Owing to the stoppage of Glen.
garnoeles Iron an&iSteel Works of
'Kilhirnie, it. hae become necessary -
to feed a great many 'more children.,
The large orders for khaki is put-"
Ong.. & strain on the, factory woakel
;In • ITEhtil'ienn' • Glasgow'ttbordercltxlti 7S '1 s7nT-M1313:working411'11'•8:17"vveeezitY; -
Committee Were decided to accept -*
lans tfor the re -construction
corner of Tiongate and High:
Street
cos 06:,the
at an'estimatedSt Of $
i425
Singe the outbreak Of Wer the ,
teachers 'of Ti -anent High grade.
Sehoof hove been Contributing each
month 'a portion or their selaried
for the relief of diatreas.
Roderick'gwan 31eRS,e at Edin-
burgh. High Court, -. was 'sentenced
to 15 years penal. servitude for hav-
. .
ing. murdered a young man 'pained' t
Thomas 'Middleman in the Werke of -
the Rosyth eireal
' The tondition_of_the:_Dunfermline-
linen: - trade.' it Causing Saiiirietee _
There is a. very restricted demand
fire-gOodsTria yarns can scarcely
bad at aneepriceerwirigeto
man occupation of Belgium and
Norther ii France. ,
•
ReSV'aild Why' the Terni Came to be
•
Many years ago, before Most of
the motors of- to -day were thought
tphole si bl e,wheelsinan o fus he s th.mie hacohr isne etroyt ubr yn
means of a, teeademill. In this way
the horse came to stand for a, unit
of power according to the Size Of the
machine he could weak effectively.
When• engine g began to. displace
horses, because they could develop
several:times. the motive power, ojt
was natural tb•refdr tci, their Capa-
city on Lime basis of a horsepower
unit, :by speaking of an engine as
'being -able to clothe" work of two,
three, frier, -five or more *tries.
And se She custom was established
oLmaking.aes_e.
seriptive of poWer..
"The fact is that a: "horsepower"
-or simply h.p. ' as it is lenerally
figures in engineering descriptions
-really. rcieries a greater power
than is expected of al. horse , and'
greater than he is capable Of. It
means the -power to • lift 30,006
pounclseene fdot-in: one minute-, --
The continued use of the old term
to indicate this endemnc. unit of
power - for areenginee ter 'motor. Ines-
trates how, for want of a suitable
Substitute ; custom will keep alive a
teirfimeanthee.at has: lost !ts, apparent sig-
nificance.
.
•
Cherry Fruit Plies. -
During the pmst five or six years
been complaining .of _ hittiewhits
agg.ote—wbiele-wert-e-attitoking-
growing, cherries, rendering the in-..
terior of the truie unsightly and un-
fit--tb.,.eat: -Prof., L. Caesar, of the
Ontario-Agrieultoral-Gollegevas
given the work of . investigation,
and, assiste,dhy Gr..:J7. Spencer;
has just written the -results of sev-
eral years' observation, which have;
• beeir ts•eued by the Ontario Depart -
Meet of A.griculture as •Bulletin
227. Two distin va,rietiee of in -
setts; ,t ie eggs o which lieTerine
maggots, have- been identified z one
is the WhitehandedCherry Fruit-
y an e o hei- the Sleek -bodied
• Clierir Fre:it:Mr.- The life Materiel -
of both, these flies-whiche happily,
. .
. •
the therryoare given in lihebulle
, -
tin -together with meehode•of-aitni--
•_
. o
- -Britain's Wealth.
. The wealtheof the Unit -*
dom in, 1814 was &imputed at abed
$12;50%00,090,- while a .conserva-,
-tireTeetientite *would plaeieit now • at
about $85,000,000,006, anincrease,
Of- 580 -per ceetseewhileeeeettlaticer.
has grown, 130 per tient. The income
of the British people this period
nits increased '700 per Oerit.-.from
,
41,500,000,000 ;14 11-12,9M,900,6iii.
.„ .
• . , •
LIGHTNING rius,:v JOIiBS
The Electric Flaid ,Has 'Done Some
Strange •Thingsi '4 •
are sometimes almost beyond bee
lief. A tionimon trick ia that of un-
dressing its victims.' In 1898 • two •
girls and an elderly. woman ' Were
standing by a reaping maeliine der-
ing•oi, storm. A lightnreg flash
struele the woman and killed her on
the spot, while Ihe. two .girls were
'stripped to theskin, even -their
boot's being torn from their feet,
Otherwise • they were safe. and
sound and astemished. •
eel ess..aorian-Waseitreek-byslightses.
nin_o near Vallerois in Prance, and
stripped naked; All that -could be
found afterward_ of,Ins Clothes was
-a--shirt sleeve, -a few other-slooder
and some pieces of his hob -nailed
beets,. Ten minutes after he Was.
streak he regained tonsciousness;
opened his eyes; temple -Med of the
cold and inquired how he happened •
to- be naked. .
Seth instances bave-beenorecord.
ed again and again s In eine ase a•
min and. two oxen were etre&
..thope killed
Tile -man. was &oiled. stripped_ to the
skin, and hishoP•ta had been,carrieel.
30 yards '
"In--other--eases' says Camille
..Elammirion,....,the eminent ...French
I
known to split men in .almoste:
, -
as with a huge axe. ten June 20,
1868, this happened to arniller's •
.sta..nesatoe-evihereill nPar
The lightnieg struCk him. from hie
heaa,doWnwaed: in 'ave." • .
Leve goes to extremes. It geper-
-alIy-teriltes ses-Woman either eserie
happy- or very- miserable. • • s ,-- -
Some ineti feel theft insPliittliVre—
otherwise-they- woold• never know Se -
Many a married man wonders
juit how small a portion of his earn- •
ings he" is really entitled to.
All things come. to those who.
wait, • especially the things- no one .•
-else wants.. • •
OJN'1A, SPIT, , StifElE1
CUBE YOUBSEU I BREATH
rOiya4 fit§ti-tit-kefigf-sy-qtars1
Out*Ioso, throat and all
Breathing - Organs
In Data /lode climate, repeated colds
very 'mope' drift into, Catarrh.
, The naterid tendency Werth is to
*extend through. the 'sys in- every
clirlilexeptlao . to r*celd or datuDneet•inten,
6
MO the trouble and nasal catarrh
the result.
'MONA a complete Mire Is effeeted,
inilattneation PaSSeii rapidly to the
throat, bronchial tuber. autl thee -to.
the lungs.
You can't make new lungs. hence
is practically lacerable.
reit Mar& emi be cured, except In
its final mid always fatal -stage.
titterth, sufferers, moaning, these
I EATARB11010t1E"
with sore throats, bronchial .:
ereitheerotee.ean-alt•he-cured-right --
home be inhaling "Camtehozone.". .
In -teirig •Oetarrhoemie you don't
takemedicine into the atonatelee-yon
just breathe a healing piney vapor Or-
'oot tii the lungs. and tar passages. •
The purest balsams and the greatest
antiseptics are thus sent to everyespot
where caterthal trouble exists, gems
are killed, foul seettAione are destroy. ' •
ed oatuft is given ft 64.110 and enter
061tes quickly. •
. Cottle and throat freithite can't. last
if the Duro healing vapor of Catarrh.
ozone ts brontliottr-sueoitng 11114
cm -Oh* tease at once, 'litmus •
Wien Is removed.
tatettlitionteto prevent-,-noi
it to Me your Winter 1118, It's Diets.
ant, safe and 4tharanteed 14 Very
Case. 'COMPlete outfit 41,604 Smaller
Site tOel at all dogma ,